Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 15, 2025
                
                
                
                    [165].  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – KINDNESS IN THE CHRISTIAN’S PAIN
We all need kindness, but not everyone can give kindness.  Some find it too hard because of their backgrounds, and some are just so selfish they are incapable of it.
Kindness is a special gift when it is given in a sacrificial way,
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 1, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In the Old Testament the High Priest went into the Holy of Holy’s with a rope attached to his leg and bells on his robe so that if he had sin on him and God struck him dead they could drag him out.  If you knew this morning that you
                    
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                    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 28, 2009
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    "For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin." Heb 4:15
"In the past when I’ve heard that verse or read it, I’ve thought that it is a very all-encompassing statement to say that Jesus was tempted
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    The late Elvis Presley, a teenage rebel from Memphis, Tennessee, with his dark good looks, hipster clothes, daring sideburns, and distinctive singing style, captured the teenage American heart.  Elvis could sing everything from gospel and blues to country and pop with the same raw energy and potent
                    
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                    Contributed by Eric  Ferguson on May 8, 2008
                
                
                
                    The High Dive
Harley and Matt lived in a nice neighborhood where the people were friendly-except for one man who lived at the end of the street in a big house with a gigantic swimming pool.
His pool had the highest diving board they had ever seen-so high they could see it over the big fence that
                    
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                    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    HIGH HOPES
A Mother was taking her four-year-old daughter to school. She was a doctor and had left her stethoscope on the car seat. Her little girl picked it up and very excited began to play with it. Excellent, thought the Doctor, My daughter wants to follow in my footsteps! Then the child spoke
                    
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                    Contributed by John Hamby on Apr 25, 2011
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    HIGH ON THEIR HUDDLES
One of my favorite preachers is Dr. Tony Evans in Dallas. Some years ago I heard him give the following description of the purpose of the church service. He said, "In football they have a huddle, the goal of the huddle is to give you thirty seconds to call the play; that is
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 8, 2020
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Sept. 1 2020 (UPI) -- An American Airlines pilot preparing to land in Los Angeles reported an unusual encounter at about 3,000 feet with a "guy in a jetpack."
A recording of the conversation between the pilot and air traffic control Sunday evening at Los Angeles International Airport
                    
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                    Contributed by Jane White on Dec 6, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    There was a priest in Dublin who explained the difference between this life and the next life by talking about the life of the dragonfly.  At the bottom of the pond little grubs were crawling around.  They wonder what happens to their members who climb up the stem of the lily and never come back. 
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 30, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    “A priest and a rabbi are discussing the pros and cons of their various religions, and inevitably the discussion turns to repentance. 
    The rabbi explains Yom Kippur, the solemn Day of Atonement, a day of fasting and penitence, while the priest tells him all about Lent, and its 40 days of
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 23, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A Protestant Minister and a Catholic Priest enjoyed teasing their Rabbi friend, continually asking him when he was going to convert to their faith.
When the Holidays rolled around, the Rabbi sent them a card with the following: "Season’s Greetings! Roses are reddish, Violets are bluish; When the
                    
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                    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 8, 2009
                
                
                
                    There was an outstanding Episcopal priest named Samuel Shoemaker, who lived in the first half of the last century. This was his statement: "It would take a theologian with a fine-toothed comb to find the Holy
                    
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                    Contributed by Donnie  Martin on May 28, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A PRICE TOO HIGH
A young man was to be sentenced to the penitentiary. The judge had known him from childhood, for he was well acquainted with his father--a famous legal scholar and the author of an exhaustive study entitled, "The Law of Trusts." "Do you remember your father?" asked the
                    
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